Number being monitored in Nassau County for coronavirus drops

Number being monitored in Nassau County for coronavirus drops

There were 78 people in a voluntary quarantine on Nassau County by Thursday morning, down five overnight after they were deemed to be free of the virus, according to health officials.

NEW YORK – There were 78 people in a voluntary quarantine on Nassau County by Thursday morning, down five overnight after they were deemed to be free of the virus, according to health officials.

Those being watched had traveled to China or had contact with someone infected with the coronavirus. They will spend 14 days in quarantine.

“Most of them are in their own homes,” said Nassau County Executive Laura Curran during FOX 5 NY morning program, ‘Good Day NY.’ “They have procedures and protocols that they’re following when it comes to dealing with their own family and if they can go outside.”

The self-quarantines were being done out of an abundance of caution.

“We check in with them every day for their temperature, said Nassau County Health Commissioner Lawrence Eisenstein. “We deliver a thermometer to them if they don’t have one handy. We take care of making sure they do that. They are in communication with us and we are communicating with them.”